Maps and Data
What type of map show roads and highways in an area?
Road or Street Map
What are cracks in Earth's crust?
Faults
Which rock forms from particles in the environment that settle to form layers?
sedimentary rocks
TRUE OR FALSE: Weathering and erosion happen all the time and over a long period of time.
True
Which type of map shows countries, states, and cities?
Political Map
How do mountains and volcanoes form?
Earth's plates crash together
Which rock forms from molten rock or magma?
Igneous rock
What is physical weathering?
happens when wind, water, ice, or plants cause rock to flake or crack
What type of map shows what can be produced in or taken from an area?
Resource Maps
What are long, narrow, sunken areas in the ocean floor?
Trenches
Which rock forms when there is heat, pressure, or both?
sedimentary rock
What is the process in which weathered particles are removed from land?
Erosion
What type of map shows an area's natural physical features by using different colors and texture?
Physical Map
What is the Ring of Fire?
where volcanoes and earthquakes are common to find
Plants would grow best when HUMUS mixes in the soil, resulting in there being good _____________.
topsoil
When rock breaks down, what are the three steps (in order) that occurs?
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition
What are 4 important pieces to a map?
Symbols, legend, compass rose, and a scale.
Trenches in the ocean are similar to __________ on land. Underwater ridges are similar to _______.
canyons, mountain ranges
What are the four ways to observe mineral properties?
luster, streak, cleavage, hardness
What is chemical weathering?
happens when rain mixes with chemicals in the air and interacts with the tock